What are the conventions of an opening of a thriller?

• Production ident
• Cast and crew (key actors, directors, producers.)
• T = Title.
• Utilises handheld shots and panning shots, to suggest lapse of time.
• Opening title of film displayed, more time available to introduce more cast, less action occurring.

TITLES IN A FILM OPENING

• Name of studio.
• Name of the production company
• A (producer name) production.
• A film by (director name)
• Starring
• Film's title
• Featuring
• Casting or Casting by
• Music or Music composed by or original score by
• Production design or production designer
• Editor or edited by
• Director of photography
• Producer or produced by, executive producer
• Story or story by
• Based on the book (play, graphic novel etc.) by
• Based on the characters by

Film Titles

• Titles are used in film and TV and acknowledge the work of the institution, cast and crew on a product.
• Opening titles are shown at the very beginning and list the most important members of the production.
• They are usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of action in the show.
• There may or may not be accompanying music. Where opening titles are built into a separate sequence of their own, the correct term is title sequence.